Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson

male, deceased (1637)
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 - 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he...
T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot

male, deceased (1965)
Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965), was a poet, dramatist and literary critic. He received the Nobel Prize for Li...
Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

male, deceased (1989)
Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 - 22 December 1989) was an Irish dramatist, novelist and poet. Beckett's work is stark, fundamentally...
Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe

male, deceased (1593)
Christopher "Kit" Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male, deceased (1832)
"'"',, (28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832) was a German polymath. Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, Humanism,...
Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

male, deceased (1980) (United States)
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 - April 15, 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (pronounced:), was a French...
Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille

male, deceased (1684)
Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian who was one of the three great 17th Century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. He has been c...
Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

male, deceased (1805)
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the last several years of his life...

David Hare

male, 62 years old
Sir David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director. Hare was born in Sussex and was educated at Lancing College and at Jesus...
Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding

male, deceased (1754)
Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 - October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowess, and...